User talk:Quelasprominus

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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising in articles. For more information on this, see If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! -- Gogo Dodo 20:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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linking to self-published work
So to summarize, if I understand correctly, I will never be able to link to an article written by me, on my website because, 1)I wrote it 2)mine is a private web page and I'm not recognized as an authority  3)I'm advertising.

I make no money off my site. I would love for more people to view it, but I also want to enrich wikipedia with what I think are very appropriate, well-written links. Therefore I am not "primarily" advertising. As far as being an authority, no, I am not, but my work is good enough to be taken seriously, and doesn't seem any less valuable then most of the content of the established links. By my understanding of the rules the content that the articles link to does not have to be centered and objective. Reviews are allowed, and reviews involve, by definition, personal preferences. As for the fact that I'm linking to what I, myself, wrote...you can use that fact as your justification for denying my link if you don't like the content.

I know I am fighting (probably) a losing battle because I'm new and the rules are rules, but if an editor would stand up for me I could have a chance. Basically, I think assumptions are being made about my motivations and the quality of my work, assumptions that are without justification. By the strict rules, I probably should not be able to link. But a looser reading of the rules would allow it.

Please take me seriously.

Ian C. Bloom (Quelasprominus)


 * Hello. I have seen your question and am phrasing a reply. Please give me a minute. --Moonriddengirl 19:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Having taken a look at the articles you've edited and at the links you've added, I have to say that your perception of how the policies above apply to your work is correct. Link policy does specifically preclude websites of that nature. Your work may be quite serious and of excellent quality, but it is original research, and incorporating your essays by reference essentially makes them part of the article, which Wikipedia forbids. The film review style guidelines specify that reviewers must be professional or well-known. Policies may be debated with the community at Village pump. --Moonriddengirl 19:14, 14 September 2007 (UTC)